Peters Birthday
Trip Start
Aug 25, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 25, 2009
Today we went to a restaurant in Beyoglu, which is a district right next to Taxim. Right in the middle of what is considered "downtown" Istanbul, Peter chose this local for his birthday party. The place seemed a little up-scale for us, but we had some great food at reasonable prices. Hannah had a steak smothered in Veggies and I had a basil chicken in an a cream sauce. The beers were ten lira apiece, so we took it easy on those. It is painful to spend fifty dollars on five beers. The music was awesome. For some reason, Turkish people love early nineties dance music. We listened to Milly Vanilly, Vanilla Ice, Ace of Base, Journey, and some others. It was like stepping into a time machine and going back to a dance club in 1991 ... with extremely expensive beer. Peter had a great time so that was cool. Around 2 am we decided it was about time to head back. There was a rumored shuttle buss that takes you directly back to Sariyer (normally about an hour bus ride) in about 30 minutes. It seemed too good to be true. It was. We waited for 45 minutes and It did not come. Around 3 we got on to the 25t and began the hour long bus ride home. It turned out to be kind of funny. We met a couple of Turkish people who knew enough English so we could converse. They were about our age and they were both professional clowns. They had cards and everything. Unfortunately they did not know enough English for me garner information on how one becomes a clown. I happen to be unemployed, and maybe that would be the ideal position for me. I would not have to talk so that is a bonus. I imagine I would have to go to some sort of clown school, learn to put on makeup, and tie balloons, but who knows; Maybe I was meant to take the 25T that night.... Of course, I am going to watch James Bond in a couple of days with Peter and Rachel and I think that would be a much better calling for me. Secret agents are much cooler than clowns. Maybe I could be a secret agent fronting as a clown. Hmmm. I have to make some calls.
